Phoneme Chart: English Vowel and Consonant Sounds
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20 Vowel Phonemes |
24 Consonant Phonemes |
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/ ɪ / |
pit |
/ p / |
pit |
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/ e / |
pet |
/ b / |
bit |
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/ æ / |
pat |
/ t / |
time |
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/ ɒ / |
pot |
/ d / |
door |
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/ ʌ / |
luck |
/ k / |
cat |
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/ ʊ / |
good |
/ g / |
get |
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/ ə / |
a go |
/ f / |
fan |
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/ i: / |
meat |
/ v / |
van |
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/ ɑ: / |
car |
/ θ / |
th ink |
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/ ɔ: / |
door |
/ ð / |
th at |
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/ ɜ: / |
girl |
/ s / |
send |
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/ u: / |
too |
/ z / |
zip |
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/ eɪ / |
day |
/ m / |
man |
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/ aɪ / |
sky |
/ n / |
nice |
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/ ɔɪ / |
boy |
/ ŋ / |
ring |
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/ ɪə / |
beer |
/ l / |
l eg |
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/ eə / |
bear |
/ r / |
r at |
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/ ʊə / |
tour |
/ w / |
wet |
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/ əʊ / |
go |
/ h / |
hat |
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/ aʊ / |
cow |
/ j / |
y et |
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/ ʃ / |
shop |
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/ ʒ / |
leisure |
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/ ʧ / |
chop |
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/ ʤ / |
j ump |
For a complete list of codes for symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet including diacritics and suprasegmentals, visit www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.
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